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Candidates › South Carolina U.S. Senate race › 2025–2026
RepublicanU.S. SenateSouth Carolina
Representative since 2023
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Russell Fry’s words are not shown
93% of their votes went with their party’s majority; they broke with it 45 times in the 119th Congress.
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
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The CRS policy areas of Fry’s 31 substantive sponsored measures, Congresses 117, 118, 119; the figure is how many fall in each. Sponsorship indicates legislative focus, not every policy position. GovInfo source ↗
FEC filings, Jul 20, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00956987
100¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 2 reports ($1.5M of $1.5M). Cash on hand went from $484.6K on Jul 22, 2026 to $2.3K on Sep 30, 2026.
| Report | Raised in the period | Spent in the period | Cash on hand at its close |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRE-SPECIAL 2026 through Jul 22, 2026 | $495,027 | $10,441 | $484,586 |
| OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026 | $1,004,368 | $1,486,685 | $2,268 |
Each report’s own period, as filed with the FEC; a report filed again counts once, as its latest copy.
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Lost · 65,759 votes (20%) · 3 of 10 · Full results ↗
Every contest for this seat that named this candidate, most recent last; a result is shown once the race is called. Election dates and results from civicAPI (civicapi.org). civicAPI aggregates results from Secretaries of State and equivalent election bodies, and makes its own race calls. civicapi.org ↗
Primary August 11, 2026 · runoff August 25, 2026 · 4 polls
Darline Graham leads Ralph Norman by 5.2 points · average gap, 2 latest nonpartisan polls · 2 far-off polls left out
Each dot is a poll. The line is the median of the 5 latest nonpartisan polls. How polls are read
Darline Graham and Ralph Norman advanced. The 3 final polls had a median of Darline Graham +12.7, overstating Darline Graham's margin by 4.6 points.
| Poll | Darline Graham | Ralph Norman | Lead | vs. result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantus Insightsended Aug 6 | 33.1% | 20.4% | Darline Graham +12.7 | +4.6 |
| co/efficientended Jul 30 · had a different pair ahead | 30% | 15% | Darline Graham +15 | +6.9 |
| Emerson Collegeended Jul 29 | 23.1% | 25.4% | Ralph Norman +2.3 | −10.4 |
| Median of the final polls | Darline Graham +12.7 | +4.6 | ||
| Result | 32.7% | 24.6% | Darline Graham +8.1 |
August 11, 2026 · Result (unofficial, 99% reporting) · Each pollster's last poll ending in the 21 days before the vote, read for the two leading finishers; the median leaves out polls a side paid for
Darline Graham won by 4.9 points. No poll naming both Darline Graham and Ralph Norman ended in the 21 days before the vote.
| Poll | Darline Graham | Ralph Norman | Lead | vs. result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | 52.5% | 47.5% | Darline Graham +4.9 |
August 25, 2026 · Result (unofficial)
Poll data from The New York Times, licensed CC BY 4.0 · Updated November 10, 2026 · 21 polls paid for by a party or campaign are left out
Official FEC filing record for the current cycle. The priorities they publish are quoted from their own site, in their order.
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A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 500 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $1.1M.
The 12 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 26 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $78K. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total the campaign itself reports.
Total reported receipts $1,499,394
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Sep 30, 2026.
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84% of the money placed by state came from inside South Carolina: $946.8K of $1.1M.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 383 contributions · 84% | $946,819 |
| 27 contributions · 3.9% | $44,250 |
| 37 contributions · 3.6% | $40,750 |
| 14 contributions · 2.9% | $33,000 |
| 14 contributions · 2.7% | $30,169 |
| 9 contributions · 0.9% | $10,000 |
| 5 contributions · 0.8% | $9,000 |
| 1 contribution · 0.3% | $3,500 |
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 18 states and territories. Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized, so they cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
| Employer as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| 26 contributions · 9.1% of ranked | $94,500 |
| Written instead of an employer · 44 contributions · 7.4% of ranked | $76,783 |
| Written instead of an employer · 30 contributions · 7% of ranked | $72,771 |
| Written instead of an employer · 10 contributions · 3.1% of ranked | $32,500 |
| 4 contributions · 1.4% of ranked | $14,000 |
| 4 contributions · 1.1% of ranked | $11,000 |
| 3 contributions · 1% of ranked | $10,500 |
| 3 contributions · 1% of ranked | $10,000 |
A further $31,500 came from donors whose answer names no employer (Information requested, N/A, blank), so it is not ranked. Ranked from the largest 200 of 201 employer spellings filed; each share is of the money in those. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($12,156) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
What the committees giving to Fry’s campaign or spending on ads about Fry are: a company or industry, a union, a cause, a party or politician. Money from individual donors is not included.
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“Proposed” marks money from groups whose place is not yet reviewed by a person. Each group is placed by its filings and its own words, never by which party it backs. Every interest · How groups are placed
Money groups spent on their own, not through a campaign. Each ad is filed against the candidate it names, so money attacking an opponent shows on the opponent’s row. Open a candidate to see who spent it.
Each group that spent in this race is followed to where its own money came from, and what it spent is split by those shares: a group whose money was 60% one person's counts as 60% of its spending theirs. Of what traced, 32% to named individuals, 43% to organizations, 17% to tax-exempt organizations that need not name their donors, 0.7% to committees nothing more could be followed from, 6.7% not itemized in the filings.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| Person · CEO, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. · behind SLF PAC and NO Going Back PAC Inc. and 1 more | $4.2M |
| Organization · behind Palmetto Action | $3.8M |
| Organization · behind Security IS Strength PAC and Project 2026 | $3.4M |
| Organization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind SLF PAC | $3.3M |
| Organization · behind Security IS Strength PAC and Project 2026 | $3.2M |
| Person · Attorney, Pajcic & Pajcic · behind New Deal for All, Inc. | $2.5M |
| Organization · behind Government That Works PAC and Blackpac | $2.3M |
| Organization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Blackpac and Winsenate | $2.1M |
| Organization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Government That Works PAC and Blackpac and 1 more | $2.1M |
| Organization · behind Government That Works PAC and The Edge Action Fund and 1 more | $1.7M |
| Person · Physician, Adelson Drug Clinic · behind Security IS Strength PAC and SLF PAC and 3 more | $1.7M |
| Organization · behind Fresh Start SC PAC | $1.6M |
Read for the 19 largest groups of 53, 92% of the $69.7M spent. Shares are of what each group received, not a record of which dollar went where; an organization that need not name its donors ends the trail; a person who gave by more than one route is counted once here. It shows who stood behind the money, not what it was for.
The campaign also refunded $240,709 in contributions, which the categories below do not include.
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Total itemized disbursements $1,262,806
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Sep 30, 2026.
All 142 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
24 payments were reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $38,758 in all, are counted under the payee and purpose they name rather than under the processor that was paid. The total is the same either way.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 3 payments · 49% of all spending | $735,845 |
| 3 payments · 17% of all spending | $260,025 |
| 2 payments · 3.7% of all spending | $55,000 |
| 14 payments · 2.6% of all spending | $38,626 |
| 13 payments · 2.2% of all spending | $33,484 |
| 2 payments · 1.2% of all spending | $17,634 |
| 2 payments · 0.9% of all spending | $13,000 |
| 16 payments · 0.7% of all spending | $10,637 |
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.
Not counted in the lead. This poll has Graham +15, 9.8 points from the median of the race's latest nonpartisan polls (Graham +5.2); a poll more than 8 points from it is left out.
| Occupation as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| 32 contributions · 7.9% of ranked | $88,021 |
| Written instead of an occupation · 44 contributions · 6.9% of ranked | $76,783 |
| 21 contributions · 6% of ranked | $67,000 |
| 20 contributions · 4.9% of ranked | $54,900 |
| 28 contributions · 4.8% of ranked | $53,650 |
| 18 contributions · 4.5% of ranked | $50,001 |
| 13 contributions · 3.5% of ranked | $38,500 |
| Written instead of an occupation · 11 contributions · 3.2% of ranked | $36,000 |
A further $23,500 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (Information requested, blank), so it is not ranked. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($12,156) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.